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On the Navajo and Hopi reservations, the COVID-19 pandemic has stretched scarce resources to the breaking point, especially since the community has one of the highest infection rates in the country. By donating to the Navajo and Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund, you’ll be helping people access food, water, masks, and other essential items.
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Every Sierra Club member and supporter is invited to a special virtual event on Saturday, May 9, where we’ll publicly launch our 2020 “Plan to Win.” We believe that the grassroots power of the Sierra Club can help elect a wave of new leadership to protect our air, our water, and our communities. The COVID-19 pandemic has only underscored the urgency of our work.
Reserve your spot for our 2020 "Plan to Win" livestream. |
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During these challenging times, the Sierra Club continues to work for a stable climate, clean air and water, clean energy, and thriving wildlife and public lands.
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Leave it to the Trump administration to argue that it’s OK to dump treated sewage into the ocean as long as it moves through the local groundwater first. The Maui Group of the Sierra Club's Hawai‘i Chapter disagreed, and they helped take the fight all the way to the US Supreme Court. To lose the case would mean seriously weakening the Clean Water Act.
Here’s how a six-justice majority ruled. |
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| Next time you're online, get outdoors! |
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If you’re fortunate enough to be able to work from home during shelter-in-place, you can share your love of the outdoors while teleconferencing indoors by using one of our free virtual backgrounds.
From desert to tropics, we’ve got you covered. |
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In the last Insider, we shared a few of our favorite reader photos of the great outdoors, but there were so many great ones that we simply had to do a round two. Check them out here. |
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Spending time outdoors is necessary for physical and mental health, but so is keeping our distance. Because many communities lack parks and open spaces where people can safely get outdoors, a growing movement is calling for more streets in more cities to open for people to safely recreate during the pandemic. Learn more and ask your mayor to open the streets. |
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May Day, when we celebrate the labor movement and workers’ invaluable contributions to our society, has special resonance this year. Workers who are too often underappreciated, like nurses and teachers, are now regularly hailed as heroes. Yet our government, and some employers, are failing to ensure that workers are safe, healthy, and paid fairly.
Learn about opportunities to be in solidarity with them. |
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With the tar sands industry on life support and companies shutting down production, it’s clearer than ever that we shouldn’t allow toxic tar sands pipelines to be built through our communities. Yet new projects continue to move forward despite massive public opposition and economics that simply don’t add up. It's time to stop KXL and other zombie pipeline projects. |
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Hawai‘i's seemingly boundless forests and unending blue ocean tell a story of both abundance and environmental decline. The introduction of non-native plants and animals, a history of resource misuse, and ongoing land development have tested Hawai‘i's ecological resilience. But conservation and community remain strong. Few people embody these values like Puanani Lindsey, whose relationship with nature, culture, and family tells the story of a very special place at risk and why there is still hope.
Discover Puanani’s story. |
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Nearly half of all Americans breathe dirty air, according to the new American Lung Association “State of the Air” report—and that number is sure to rise if the Trump administration’s campaign to undo clean air protections goes unchecked. Find out how your state stacks up. |
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many egregious flaws in US society—perhaps most glaringly, the enormous health disparity between black and white Americans. Data from Michigan reveals that while African Americans make up 15 percent of the population, they account for 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the state. Black Americans make up nearly 30 percent of bus drivers and essential workers (including food service workers, postal service workers, custodians, and delivery personnel) and over 30 percent of nurses and health aides.
This puts them, their families, and the elderly they work with at higher risk for COVID-19 exposure. |
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Right now, Congress is debating how to spend trillions of dollars for the relief and recovery we need to protect our health, communities, and workers and to invest in a livable future. Meanwhile, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are using this crisis to give handouts to corporations and polluters. We can’t let this slide. Join us for an online training series and learn how to ensure our elected officials put the health of workers, communities, and the planet first.
Get your invitation now. |
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Been hanging around the house lately? Unfortunately, toxic chemicals lurk in the very place where we should feel the safest—our homes. The good news? There are simple ways to avoid them.
Here's how. |
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JPMorgan Chase is by far the world’s biggest funder of fossil fuels. One key reason: For more than three decades, JPMorgan Chase has had climate denier Lee Raymond, the former CEO of ExxonMobil, on its board of directors. But those days need to end. JP Morgan’s largest shareholders need to vote Raymond out and hold JPMorgan Chase accountable for its contributions to planetary destruction.
Tell JPMorgan Chase's biggest shareholders to ditch the climate denier for good. |
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Lisa Hoyos, the director of Sierra Club Climate Parents, has been thinking about how we can “tap into our humanity” to address the COVID-19 pandemic -- and support our kids in doing the same. “Here are some of the takeaways from what I’ve learned working in the climate movement...
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| Use code WILD15 for 15% off plus free shipping! |
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This Endangered Species Day, help protect endangered wildlife and share your love of nature with a symbolic animal adoption. Our Adopt a Wild Animals—now 15% off and just $34—support the Sierra Club's work defending America's precious wildlife and wild places. Pick an adorable manatee, majestic panther, lovable sea turtle, or any of our cuddly plush animals.
And use code WILD15 for 15% off plus free shipping!
Adopt today. |
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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone and everything, including the Sierra Club. Find out how we are responding so that we can continue the important work of protecting our natural environment and fighting for a just, clean energy future. |
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